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MassDEP and partners plan Boston PORTS expansion to help pilots navigate larger vessels
Summary
MassDEP and federal and local partners described creation of a Boston PORTS system—additional buoys, sensors and a possible Tobin Bridge air‑gap sensor—to provide real‑time navigation data as vessel sizes increase in Boston Harbor.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection presenters described plans to expand the PORTS (Physical Oceanographic Real‑Time System) network to Boston Harbor in response to larger vessels entering the port.
Jim Collins said PORTS—operated in partnership with NOAA—already provides real‑time wave, current and meteorological data in Cape Cod Bay…
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